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Children of disabled parents: new thinking about families affected by disability and illness
- Author:
- NEWMAN Tony
- Publisher:
- Russell House
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 138p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Lyme Regis
The theme of this book is neither that parental disability is always a source of risk or suffering for children, nor that it will leave children unaffected and in no need of help or protection. It is rather that, whether disabled or not and despite their occasional failings, parents are the most important source of support for children, and that disability is a normal and essentially unremarkable aspect of the human condition.
'Young carers' and disabled parents: time for a change of direction?
- Author:
- NEWMAN Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(6), October 2002, pp.613-625.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
'Young carers' suffer, it is suggested, from a degradation in mental and physical health, have damaged educational careers, restricted social networks, and will suffer long-term consequences in adult life as a result of their childhood caring roles. This article argues that limited empirical evidence exists for these claims and that, where legitimate concerns arise, they are frequently related to poverty, social exclusion, and unsupported or inadequate parenting, and have no direct relationship to illness or impairment. While dedicated services to young carers have made a valuable contribution in highlighting an important social issue, a radical review of their place in the overall structure of support services for families affected by illness or disability is long overdue.